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Kunlun Volcanic Group

Ashikule Volcanic Field

Type: Volcanic field
Elevation: 5090m
Last eruption: 1951

The Kunlun Volcanic Group in NW Tibet contains at least 70 cones. The cone just above the center of this image is the Ashi cone, which erupted lava across 33 km2 in 1951. Other cones are visible in the Ashikule Basin, the relatively flat area across this image. · Photo: Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/).

Type: Volcanic field
Country: China
Region: Eastern Asia / Northern Tibetan Plateau Volcanic Province
Elevation: 5090m
Coordinates: 35.742, 81.646
Last eruption: 1951
Tectonic setting: Intraplate / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform: Cluster
Major rock type: Trachyte / Trachydacite

Geological summary

The Ashikule Volcanic Field contains 10 Pliocene to Holocene pyroclastic cones at the western end of the Kunlun Mountains.

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From Wikipedia

Kunlun Volcanic Group, also known as Ashiköli Volcanic Field, is a volcanic field in northwestern Tibet. Eight other volcanic fields are also in the area. The field is within a basin that also contains three lakes.

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Eruption history

2 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions: 1
Uncertain eruptions: 1
Span of confirmed record: 1951 – 1951
Largest confirmed eruption: VEI 2 (1951)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900: 1

Summary (VEI over time)

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Detailed timeline

1951VEI 2Observed
1951-05-27 – end unknown
Ashi Shan
1850 (±50 yrs)VEI ?Method not stated
1850-07-02 – end unknown

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